Cops nab 4 teens, knives, drugs in South End

A brazen daylight robbery by teens brandishing a butcher knife led to a foot chase and the arrest of four teens toting an assortment of weapons and drugs in the South End, police said yesterday.

The 1:30 p.m. robbery at Camden Street and Columbus Avenue on Tuesday prompted a search by cops, who spotted two young men who fit the witness’ description walking down Camden Street. As officers approached them, the suspects bolted, with two other youths.

After the cops chased them down, they said they recovered “a large 7 1⁄2-inch butcher knife, two folding knives and what was initially believed to be a firearm” and some ammo, along with “a clear plastic bag containing five additional plastic bags of white rock believed to be crack cocaine on the ground near one juvenile suspect.” Police did not specify what the suspected firearm actually was.

The 14-year-old and two of the 15-year-olds are charged with delinquency and carrying dangerous weapons, police said. The other 15-year-old was charged with delinquency, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, possession of ammunition and cocaine possession with intent to distribute, police said.